Making Her First Court Appearance Virtually in a Pandemic a St. John’s Law Student Changes a Life
As she walked into the Law School building in early March, Sam Gagnon ’21 experienced a bit of a time warp. About a year ago, as a student in the Law School’s in-house Child Advocacy Clinic, she was...
Law School’s Coalition for Social Justice Leads Black History Month Celebration
Michael Eric Dyson, Fredera Mareva Hadley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Annette Gordon-Reed, and Mark Anthony Neal are luminaries in academia and public intellectual life. Mary Francis Berry, Kimberlé...
Law School Launches Alumnae Leadership Council
Rose F. DiMartino '81 (third from right) with Dean Michael A. Simons and St. John's Law students and alumnae at Celebrating Women, a Women's Law Society special event she hosted in 2018 When Rose F...
St. John’s Law Team Wins International Baseball Arbitration Competition
It wasn’t how Alexander Zedlovich '22 had pictured it. But there he was, standing alone in his home’s unheated basement office, in front of a computer screen, making his case virtually to a panel of...
A Moment to Center on Our Values as a Law School
Below is a message that Dean Michael A. Simons shared with St. John's Law students in the wake of the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021...
Restaurant Industry’s Pandemic Distress is Deeply Personal for Andreas Koutsoudakis ‘21LL.M.
The heartfelt remembrances and expressions of sympathy poured in last March as news spread that COVID-19 had claimed the life of 59-year-old Andreas Koutsoudakis, Sr., the longtime New York City...
St. John’s Law Students, Faculty, and Staff Help to Bridge the Digital Divide
Eleven-year-old KV* couldn’t contain her excitement. She sat down with her family’s new laptop right away, figured out how it worked, and showed her 13-year-old sister, CV, how to use it for school...
St. John’s Law Welcomes Three New Faculty Members
Several years ago, the St. John’s Law faculty launched a bold strategic plan anchored by twin goals of academic excellence and student achievement. The plan’s success is evident across key measures...
St. John’s LL.M. Students Find It’s Just the Right Time to Become a Bankruptcy Lawyer
As COVID-19 upends the U.S. economy, bankruptcy filings are rising sharply. Businesses seeking protection include iconic retailers JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, J. Crew, and Brooks Brothers; dining and...
Law Review Symposium Commemorates 100 Years of the 19th Amendment
On October 23, 2020, the St. John’s Law Review brought legal scholars together to explore the past, present, and future of women’s rights in the United States during its 2020 symposium: Commemorating...